About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – ChatGPT, Grok, Deepseek, Gemini, Copilot, Midjourney, Meta AI and more
- Niche – Atmospheric Phenomena
- Language – English
- Category – Sky FX
- Prompt Title – Northern Lights Energy Wave VFX Prompt
Prompt Details
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### **Optimized Dynamic AI Prompt: Ethereal Aurora Energy Cascade**
This dynamic prompt is designed as a modular template. You can select, combine, and customize elements from each category to create a highly specific and detailed final prompt. The goal is to give the AI a rich, multi-layered instruction set for generating breathtaking Sky FX visuals of aurora-like energy waves.
#### **Structure Overview:**
1. **Core Subject & Action:** The fundamental concept of the image.
2. **Aurora Characteristics (The Wave):** Defines the shape, texture, color, and behavior of the energy wave.
3. **VFX & Energy Elements:** Adds specific visual effects to enhance the “energy” aspect.
4. **Environment & Setting:** Establishes the backdrop and grounds the atmospheric phenomenon.
5. **Atmospheric & Celestial Conditions:** Populates the surrounding sky with details.
6. **Composition & Cinematography:** Dictates the camera’s perspective, angle, and framing.
7. **Lighting, Mood, & Color Palette:** Controls the overall emotional tone and visual style.
8. **Art Style & Rendering:** Specifies the desired aesthetic and technical quality.
9. **Negative Prompts (Elements to Exclude):** Refines the output by listing what to avoid.
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### **[MASTER DYNAMIC PROMPT TEMPLATE]**
*(Copy and paste the sections you need, filling in the `[variables]` with your chosen keywords.)*
**1. Core Subject & Action:**
* **Primary Subject:** A colossal, celestial energy wave reminiscent of the Aurora Borealis, a luminous sky-filling phenomenon, a cascading curtain of cosmic light.
* **Primary Action:** `[Choose one or more: sweeping across the night sky, pulsing with vibrant energy, descending from the cosmos, erupting from the horizon, twisting in a slow-motion vortex, rippling like silk in a solar wind]`.
**2. Aurora Characteristics (The Wave):**
* **Form & Shape:** `[Choose 1-3: vast, shimmering curtains; twisting, ethereal ribbons; sharp, defined arcs; a spiraling celestial vortex; a soft, glowing nebula; explosive coronal mass ejection; delicate, feathery wisps; broad, painted strokes of light]`.
* **Texture & Detail:** `[Choose 1-2: smooth and silky, gaseous and smoky, fibrous and stringy, plasma-like with internal filaments, translucent and layered, crystalline and sharp, digital pixel-sorting effect]`.
* **Intensity & Opacity:** `[Choose one: faint and ghostly, semi-transparent, brilliantly luminous and vibrant, overwhelmingly bright and incandescent, casting god-rays downwards]`.
**3. VFX & Energy Elements:**
* **Particle Effects:** `[Choose 1-2: trails of shimmering motes of light, streams of crackling energy particles, glowing embers drifting downwards, subtle star-like glints, a fine dust of radiant energy]`.
* **Energy Manifestations:** `[Choose 1-2: subtle arcs of static electricity, crackling lightning-like tendrils within the wave, glowing inner core, lens flare on the brightest points, subtle chromatic aberration on the edges, visible heat distortion/atmospheric haze]`.
**4. Environment & Setting:**
* **Location:** `[Choose one: over a vast, snow-covered arctic tundra; reflecting in a perfectly still, frozen lake; above a jagged, dark mountain range; behind a silhouette of a dense pine forest; in the sky of a desolate alien planet; over a futuristic, minimalist cityscape]`.
* **Foreground/Midground Elements:** `[Choose 0-2: scattered ice formations, a lone gnarled tree, ancient monolithic stones, a futuristic research outpost, the wing of a high-altitude aircraft]`.
**5. Atmospheric & Celestial Conditions:**
* **Sky Clarity:** `[Choose one: crystal-clear night, thin, high-altitude cirrus clouds catching the light, a faint, distant galactic nebula, a sky dense with a hyper-detailed starfield]`.
* **Celestial Bodies:** `[Choose 0-2: a brilliant full moon, a slender crescent moon, a visible Milky Way band, a passing meteor, twin moons of an exoplanet]`.
**6. Composition & Cinematography:**
* **Perspective & Angle:** `[Choose one: extreme low-angle shot looking straight up, ultra-wide angle landscape, anamorphic cinematic view, high-altitude drone perspective, fish-eye lens, symmetrical composition]`.
* **Framing:** The aurora wave should `[Choose one: fill the entire upper frame, be perfectly centered, arc gracefully from one side of the frame to the other, serve as a dramatic backdrop for a foreground element]`.
* **Sense of Motion:** `[Choose one: long-exposure time-lapse effect, frozen in a micro-second, dynamic motion blur, serene and still]`.
**7. Lighting, Mood, & Color Palette:**
* **Primary Light Source:** The aurora itself is the primary light source, `[Choose one: casting soft, colorful shadows on the landscape; creating stark, dramatic highlights on the terrain; bathing the entire scene in an ethereal glow]`.
* **Dominant Colors:** `[Choose 1-2 primary colors: otherworldly emerald green, incandescent magenta, deep electric violet, celestial cyan, rare blood-red, golden yellow]`.
* **Secondary/Accent Colors:** `[Choose 1-2 accent colors: soft pink fringes, pulsating blue edges, hints of pale white, deep indigo shadows]`.
* **Mood:** `[Choose 1-2: awe-inspiring, majestic, serene and tranquil, ominous and powerful, mystical and magical, scientifically plausible, futuristic]`.
**8. Art Style & Rendering:**
* **Style:** `[Choose 1-2: cinematic photorealism, hyper-detailed digital painting, epic concept art, dramatic matte painting, volumetric lighting showcase]`.
* **Rendering Engine/Quality:** `[Use keywords like: Unreal Engine 5 render, Octane render, cinematic lighting, physically-based rendering (PBR), 8K resolution, incredibly detailed, professional VFX, sharp focus, deep depth of field, masterpiece quality]`.
**9. Negative Prompts (Elements to Exclude):**
* **Recommended additions to your negative prompt field:** `[daylight, sun, blurry, out of focus, noise, grain, ugly, oversaturated, human figures, man-made structures (unless specified), text, watermarks, UI]`.
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### **Example Prompt (Assembled from the Dynamic Template)**
Here is a complete, ready-to-use prompt created by making specific selections from the master template above. This demonstrates how to combine the elements into a powerful, coherent instruction for the AI.
**Prompt:**
“**Cinematic VFX, an ultra-wide angle landscape shot of a colossal, celestial energy wave sweeping across the night sky. The aurora wave is formed of vast, shimmering curtains and twisting, ethereal ribbons of light, with a texture like fibrous, glowing plasma containing internal filaments. The phenomenon is brilliantly luminous, casting soft, colorful shadows on the landscape below.**
**The wave emits streams of crackling energy particles and features subtle chromatic aberration on its sharpest edges. The scene is set over a vast, snow-covered arctic tundra with a perfectly still, frozen lake in the foreground, reflecting the sky’s drama.**
**The atmosphere is a crystal-clear night, revealing a hyper-detailed starfield and the faint band of the Milky Way. The composition is a symmetrical, extreme low-angle shot, looking up in awe as the aurora fills the entire upper frame, captured with a long-exposure time-lapse effect.**
**The dominant colors are an otherworldly emerald green and deep electric violet, with soft pink fringes on the edges. The mood is majestic, awe-inspiring, and mystical. The style is hyper-detailed photorealism, rendered with cinematic volumetric lighting. Unreal Engine 5, Octane render, 8K, professional Sky FX, masterpiece.**”
**Negative Prompt for this example:**
“blurry, noise, grain, people, animals, daylight, sun, oversaturated, cartoon, painting.”